Stalin - Passage to Revolution

This is the definitive biography of Joseph Stalin from his birth to the October Revolution of 1917, a panoramic and often chilling account of how an impoverished, idealistic youth from the provinces of tsarist Russia was transformed into a cunning and fearsome outlaw who would one day become one of the twentieth century's most ruthless dictators. In this monumental book, Ronald Grigor Suny sheds light on the least understood years of Stalin's career, bringing to life the turbulent world in which he lived and the extraordinary historical events that shaped him

About the author

Ronald Grigor Suny is the William H. Sewell Jr. Distinguished University Professor of History at the University of Michigan and professor emeritus of political science and history at the University of Chicago. His many books include "They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else": A History of the Armenian Genocide (Princeton) and The Soviet Experiment: Russia, the USSR, and the Successor States. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Summary

'A comprehensive, deeply researched study of one of the world's most brutal dictators as he took the paths that would lead him to power.' - Kirkus, starred review

Additional text

"This is Suny’s magnum opus, the product of decades of scholarly research."---Duncan Bowie, Chartist

Product details

• Authors: Ronald Grigor Suny, Suny Ronald Grigor
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.11.2020
• EAN: 9780691182032
• ISBN: 978-0-691-18203-2
• No. of pages: 896
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Business; Russia, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Revolutionary groups & movements, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Biography: historical, political and military, USSR, Soviet Union, Marxism & Communism, Revolutionary groups and movements, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Russia / General, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions